Fear
I’m learning that I frequently try to motivate myself with fear. I tell myself that if I don’t lose weight I will never be married and other such things. I know plenty of people who are overweight and married. Why should that make a difference? But I still tell myself this. I try to use fear to motivate myself to change. Spoiler alert: It never works. Fear doesn’t motivate change. Fear stops it. Faith and hope for a better future are the real motivations. When I focus on the things I am afraid of and try to hide from them I end up blocking growth and change. When I accept that problems happen and face the things I am afraid of, in spite of my fears, I am able to make progress and live a more productive life. I have spent years of my life running from fear and discomfort and have started only recently to really understand how limiting that view point has been, as well as how damaging. Life is meant to be lived. The world is meant to be explored. I am learning that to ma...